Cubs back in World Series, goat curse back on forefront

CHICAGO (AP) — Chuck Logan heard about it from his dad for years. Bill Sianis was born into it. And Lennie Merullo was there the day it happened and lived with it for the rest of his life.
The “it” is the Curse of the Billy Goat, the story of a Chicago tavern owner who supposedly put a hex on the Cubs after the team refused to let his pet goat into Wrigley Field during the 1945 World Series — despite the fact that the goat had a ticket.
The memories of those three men are